Reports go stale
Project updates are copied into slides and spreadsheets, leaving the underlying work and its caveats behind.
Leadership teams
See current work without rebuilding it in a status deck.
Goals, project status, delivery blockers, decisions, and risks can be viewed from the records teams already maintain.
Common problems
Copied reports quickly fall behind the work.
Leaders need current status, clear owners, and a way to open the details when needed.
Goals lose their connection to work
A target has an owner and date, but the measures and delivery work live somewhere else.
Risks surface too late
Early warning signs stay buried in project updates until the issue needs escalation.
In TOW
Use current workspace data for reviews.
Dashboards summarise the work, while goals and risk records keep the detail available.
Start with the latest project information
Review current delivery counters and roadmap movement instead of waiting for an edited status deck.
- Portfolio delivery counters
- Current portfolio roadmap
- Proposal awaiting leadership review
Link goals to the work behind them
Keep the owner, target, progress, and related delivery records on the goal so reviewers can see what sits behind the score.
- Owner and target date
- Current health and progress
- Related work with status and assignee
Review risks and their mitigations
Compare open risks by severity and likelihood, see the planned mitigation, and check when each record was updated.
- Status, severity, and likelihood
- Mitigation for each risk
- Last update date
Access
Show the summary without opening every underlying record.
Dashboards can stay focused while project, document, and organisation permissions control who can open the details.
Build the dashboard you need
Choose the widgets and layout that fit the questions you review regularly.
Keep a record of decisions
Save the outcome, reasoning, scope, and date next to related work.
Control access to the details
Use roles and project permissions to decide who can open the records behind a dashboard.
FAQ
Questions worth answering clearly.
Current product, deployment, and commercial boundaries.
Does a leadership dashboard require manual status entry?
Dashboards and project health views use current workspace records. Teams still need to keep those records up to date, since TOW cannot report on work that has not been recorded.
Can goals include measurable outcomes?
Yes. Goal records can include owners, target dates, health, success measures, current values, targets, and dated updates.
Is the risk register a fixed compliance module?
No. Risk records include status, severity, likelihood, mitigation, and update dates. Your organisation decides how to classify and review them.
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